I am sorry it has been so long since I have written! Like the semester two years ago, I hoped to write at least every other day, and then it doesn’t happen for a while… but here is a little update on the visit to Cordoba.

On the 7th, it was Jero, my youngest host brother, had his 15th birthday. Birthdays are always a good time, but it happened to fall in the middle of the week so we didn’t celebrate too much the night of. In a way we have lucked out that Juan, the oldest brother, as well as a good friend and the boyfriend of Sole, the second oldest of the kid’s boyfriend, don’t have jobs right now. So we have had a lot of opportunities to treat this as a  full blown vacation for all of us. So we stayed up with Jero for his actual birthday day, hanging out, playing cards and watching movies. Normally, birthdays are a pretty big deal. The following night, Jero had over a bunch of his buddies and we made pizzas out in the quincho over the open flame. I love how almost all the food is made from scratch, and over the open flame.

We have also been out dancing quite a bit which keeps us out until at least 8 in the morning the following day. It’s a little different than home, but it is a great time. This schedule kinda messes up any sort of regular sleep patterns but it is a lot of fun.

I am staying in my old room, and it is just the way I left it. Juan is staying in there with me because as of right now, we have 11 people living in the house, and then many guests that come over at all times of the day (and night). We have also had a few asados (grill outs). The biggest as far as guests are concerned was on the 9th, the Argentine Independence day.

It has been great catching up with the family, old friends and just relaxing. We have also become friends with some of the new exchange students from the states. Two students from Luther are studying through the program that I went through, CC-CS, and so it has been fun seeing them experience all of the “firsts” Cordoba has to offer.

So things here are great, as expected. This is one of those trips that I knew would happen someday, but I didnt expect it so soon! I am very happy and lucky to be here, and really hope to live up these next two weeks! I will try and write more soon, but now, time for dinner, and then off for the night to catch up with and old friend from ELdB who lives here. We are going to see a few bands play in Alta Cordoba.

Chau for now!